Stamp-pad.



No. 695,877. Patented Mar. l8, I902.

E. G. WOUDY.

STAMP PAD.

(Application filed Aug. 15, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 69 5,877, dated March 18, 1902.

- Application filed August 15, 1901. Serial No. 72,144. (No model) T0 (0Z7 whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD GRAHAM IVOODY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Stamp-Pad, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in stamp or ink pads. With the usual form of stamping-pad constructed of felt or other textile it is well known that at certain times, especially in warm weather, a considerable and unnecessary quantity of ink rises to the surface, which is due to sweating, and consequently too much ink is taken up by the stamp, resulting in a blurred and imperfect impression. It is the object of my invention to obviate the usual difficulties by providing a pad in which a practically uniform surface thickness of ink will be at all times maintained.

I will describe a stamp-pad embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stamppad embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

The pad consists of a slab or block of wood 5, having an open grain, so as to readily absorb ink. I find basswood well adapted for the purpose. The pad has a roughness imparted by the saw in severing the slab from a larger block, as I find that such a surface serves to hold the ink evenly distributed. To prevent any possible warping of the pad, I may secure it by any suitable means to a base 6, of hard Wood or other material not liable to warp. I have here shown the pad as provided with a hinged cover 7; but this may be omitted without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The pad 5 is to be thoroughlyimpregnated with ink, which by capillary attraction will gradually rise to the surface; but as there is practically no heat in the wood the ink will not be forced up in undue quantities by sweating.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A stamp-pad consisting of an unyielding absorbent material impregnated with ink and havinga rough surface, substantially as specified.

2. A stamp-pad, consisting of open-grain wood impregnated with ink and having a rough surface, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD GRAHAM WOODY.

Witnesses:

THOS. (J. MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN M. OONNELL. 

